Multi-tuning guitar bridge....

[MOONDOGGY]

There is a guitar bridge out there (no longer made I believe) that had a lever for each string and could be set to 3 different positions. The bridge enabled the guitar to have nearly endless tuning possibilities. From what I remember, it was a Strat or Tele hardtail direct replacement. I thought it was from Hipshot or Steinberger, but I couldn't find any info on it. Do you happen to know who made/makes this bridge? Any one find any info?

Thanks

Dan

[MeYatch]

seems to me like it was called "the trilogy" or some other type of thing having to do with 3. I think I have some old stew mac books lying around. I'll take a look when I get home from work.

[orangekick]

Hipshot Trilogy

http://www.hipshotproducts.com/cart.php ... t_list&c=9

[Hawk]

If tuning from the bridge changed the length of the string(s), it would change the intonation. Not a good thing.

[lonewolf]

If tuning from the bridge changed the length of the string(s), it would change the intonation. Not a good thing.

This changes the tension of the string. Not a problem for hardtail bridges, but can cause some problems with tremolos (in reality, these should be called vibratos, not tremolos). Less tension on strings allow the vibrato to relax a little, causing slight detuning.

[MeYatch]

changing the tension/tuning of the strings will change the intonation, even if you are twirlying the shiny things at the other end of it.

However, your intonation's wrong anyway. Its always a compromise, I assume anyone wanting 729 tuning combinations is willing to compromise their intonation a little more to get it.

[MOONDOGGY]

Hipshot Trilogy

http://www.hipshotproducts.com/cart.php ... t_list&c=9

That's what I was thinking of!!! I don't know of a practical reason to have 729 tuning possibilities, but it's be something cool for a bored guitar player like my brother to play around with! I know I'd love a bass like Michael Manring's Zon Hyperbass with a Hipshot D-tuner on each string!

Thanks Orangekick.

[Naga]

Course there's always guitar changes. That way, you can keep a couple guitars with one setting each, and not worry about it except for a little tuning before-hand. But, that's getting old-fashioned

[MeYatch]

can you bring 729 guitars?

[Naga]

Not last time I checked, but then when is ANYONE gonna need 729 tuning combinations?

[MOONDOGGY]

You missed the point. I am quite aware that it's not possible to make sensible music using 729 different tunings. BUT, for a bored guitar player that doesn't currently have a project, as in the case of my brother, it would be something fun to play around with. He will not be using it on stage or in a live situation AND a bridge is quite a bit cheaper than multiple guitars. Also last time I tried, it was easier to flick a lever, say, on a Hipshot D-Tuner than to switch a guitar in between songs.

Must you guys really turn a simple thread with a simple question into a bone-headed debate?

[orangekick]

Must you guys really turn a simple thread with a simple question into a bone-headed debate?

That's what musicians tend to do on every online forum.

I think that the Trilogy bridge is a great idea. I tend to think outside the box though. I would have a use for switching tunings in the middle of songs. I would even work the sound of switching the tuning into the part.

Now I kinda have the urge to pick up a cheap guitar and put one of these on it just to experiment... Hmm...

[CMOR]

I think Ibanez had one for bass a couple of years back. It was a variation of the monorail bridge that's on the BTB basses.